I'm game for whatever you can offer Brent. Already can't wait for the next one!
Ditto.
Now that I've revisited those few bands, all (except Bulletrain) made the list to check the full album out - which makes 31 new bands/albums to spin from 2016.
I'm a glutton for sonic "punishment".
If anyone hasn't discovered enough new bands/albums, I'll share those that made my Top 43 that I don’t remember showing up on either podcast (that I haven't already mentioned):
#7. Utopia / Mood Changes - complex/technical prog-metal that doesn't sound like Dream Theater. Some very crunchy riffs here.
#14. Heaven Below / Good Morning Apocalypse - A concept album from from the Sunset Strip. Excellent glam metal. Play the first track - give it a shot Brent, each track does stand on it's own very well (imo).
#23. Enbound / Blackened Heart. This didn't show up? Seriously? Ruslan would not be happy with you.
#25. Noveria / Forsaken. If Symphony X had a little brother.
#31. Nemesea / Uprise. Female led metal that lands nicely in a place somewhere between operatic and metal.
#34. Herman Frank / The Devil Rides Out. Really stunned this one didn’t make the cut. Mostly balls out metal, with a touch of ‘power’.
#37. Thunderstone / Apocalypse Again. Kept getting better with every listen. I really dig Pasi on the mic
#39. Crystal Palace / Dawn of Eternity - More prog than metal here. Very much in the vein of Subsignal/Sieges Even/Speaking to Stones
#40. Fatal Destiny / Palindromia - 33 min EP, but filled with lots of great prog-metal, and diverse; production is a little lacking.
#42. Corona Skies / Fragments of Reality - another shorty (only 42 mins). Lots of diversity in this one… pop, jazz, technical … but all prog goodness.
#43. Derdian / Revolution. Just missed my “A” (80%) ranking. High quality power metal with compilation vocalists (incl Apollo, Henning Basse, DC Cooper, Fabio, and Ralf); some great; some just very good.
I'm just looking out for everyone's best interests - and by "best interests", I mean the worst interests for your bank account.
Anyone else got any albums that Brent failed to offer for our consideration?